Alma Rosa Winery Vineyards - SOLVANG

The perfect place for a friday afternoon day date. This place is so sophisticated and cute! The Encantada pinot noir and the Syrah were amazing! Devyn took great care of us, she was very knowledgeable and personable. We can’t wait to come back!

Alma Rosa shares a courtyard with three other wineries. The specialty here is Pinot Noir...the tasting we had included three, the other wines being a couple of white wines (including a Chardonnay) and finishing with a Syrah. Normally there are five wines in the tasting if I'm correct but the wine server offered us an off list Pinot that was already open. It is subjective of course, but we found the Chardonnay completely forgettable and were not impressed with the Pinot Noirs.The atmosphere is open: there is plenty of seating both outside and inside. The service is hit and miss...we had an earlier experience where we were going to have a tasting and left before it began owing to poor service from the young lady. A negative is the music tends to be usually played a little loud.Alma Rosa has a good reputation, that said we weren't impressed with their wines. And their prices are notably higher than other wineries. Again, it's subjective.

Great service. wonderful pinot noir. The wines are elegant and incredibly labor intensive, as every step in their process is manually performed, including pressing the grapes. You are purchasing wine that is art in a bottle here.

The wine was lovely. The division of service between the main woman and what seemed to be the sommelier(gentleman, older with glasses) was lop sided. The woman seemed knowledgeable, but had less hospitality. The woman was clearly busy with greeting, answering the phone, etc. and we’re left with empty glasses in between for too long. It felt as though we were more of an after thought with other groups receiving more attention and conversation and quicker pours. From a hospitality industry background we were left feeling as though the service could have been better coordinated. We we’re wanting to buy a few bottles but felt it didn’t match up.

Love the atmosphere and the wine! Always recommend out of town people to visit!